FOH Sunday Playlist: Lyric legends

[El Presidente]

FOH Weekend Playlist. 

Songs you love that tell a story.....a story that you can actually follow. 

Let's put a great playlist together

 

 

 

[El Presidente]

I will kick it off with a Jack white favourite. Carolina Drama. 

 

 

[riderpride]

Boom 💥 

 

[cgoodrich]

Possibly the best live version of a song that always moves my soul…

I always think of my best friend, met when we were 5 years old, 53 years together now.

 

[Ybor]

 

 

[Chucko8]

 

[Chucko8]

 

[Chucko8]

 

[Chucko8]

 

[Lamboinee]

Simple, silly fun that references Shoneys, cows, aliens, a sheriff, bars, wives, waitresses, the solar system, and clock towers.

[SigmundChurchill]

The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down.

 

[SigmundChurchill]

Tangled Up In Blue -Bob Dylan

But Garcia did it best.

 

[Namisgr11]

 

[Namisgr11]

21 minutes ago, SigmundChurchill said:

The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down.

 

That's a great choice.  The best song I know of about the American Civil War, written by a Canadian from the perspective of a Southerner.

[SigmundChurchill]

Just now, Namisgr11 said:

That's a great choice.  The best song I know of about the American Civil War, written by a Canadian from the perspective of a Southerner.

Yes.  In fairness, Levon is from Turkey Scratch, Arkansas, and aside from singing the song, he helped Robertson with the storyline.

[Chibearsv]

 

[hrs1]

 

[anacostiakat]

 

[joeypots]

Can’t think of a better story telling song.

 

[Puros Y Vino]

Iron Maiden.  The Rime of the ancient mariner.

 

[Chucko8]

John Mellencamp could also tell story's in his lyrics. This track was initially supposed to portrait interracial couple, where Jack was an African American and not a football star, but he was persuaded by the record company to change it

 

[Ken Gargett]

20 hours ago, SigmundChurchill said:

Tangled Up In Blue -Bob Dylan

But Garcia did it best.

i rather liked joan baez's version but with the greatest respect to both baez and garcia, they were only ever playing for second place. 

 

18 hours ago, joeypots said:

Can’t think of a better story telling song.

desire was one of the first albums i ever bought. brilliant. blood on the tracks followed quickly (yes, out of order but that was just how it happened). joey another amazing song. black diamond bay. mozambique. every single song on that album. loved the lot. 

[SigmundChurchill]

12 minutes ago, Ken Gargett said:

i rather liked joan baez's version but with the greatest respect to both baez and garcia, they were only ever playing for second place. 

We're going to have to agree to disagree on this one.

Of all the Dylan songs that Garcia covered, I think that Garcia does a better Forever Young than Dylan did too, but it is a closer call for me than Tangled.

[Ken Gargett]

4 minutes ago, SigmundChurchill said:

We're going to have to agree to disagree on this one.

Of all the Dylan songs that Garcia covered, I think that Garcia does a better Forever Young than Dylan did too, but it is a closer call for me than Tangled.

oh dear, i am left a touch speechless. not to demean any of the versions but... 

very few come close to the originals for me. 

i think the byrds' versiom of mr tamborine man was one, not least because it showed dylan what could be done with his own songs.

the other one that i think is up there with the original is knocking on heaven's door by cold chisel. if you had told me that before i had heard it, never would have believed it but it blew me away. very rarely played but it is brilliant. 

knowing the words to forever young literally saved my life many years ago. long story but otherwise, i was destined for a dark ditch in a Melbourne back alley with a slit throat. all to do with fanatical catholics. 

[SigmundChurchill]

3 minutes ago, Ken Gargett said:

oh dear, i am left a touch speechless. not to demean any of the versions but... 

very few come close to the originals for me. 

i think the byrds' versiom of mr tamborine man was one, not least because it showed dylan what could be done with his own songs.

the other one that i think is up there with the original is knocking on heaven's door by cold chisel. if you had told me that before i had heard it, never would have believed it but it blew me away. very rarely played but it is brilliant. 

knowing the words to forever young literally saved my life many years ago. long story but otherwise, i was destined for a dark ditch in a Melbourne back alley with a slit throat. all to do with fanatical catholics. 

Don't get me wrong here.  Dylan is the greatest songwriter who ever lived.  Completely unchallenged.  

I'm just a sucker for Garcia's guitar licks, which aren't included when Dylan does his own songs.  Though I do remember Dylan and the Grateful Dead toured together back in the late 80's.  That was the best of both worlds.  If I remember correctly, they even put out a CD from that tour.